What Witches Can Teach Us About Fighting Back Against Trump

As we face down the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump — whose administration has promised to assault civil and reproductive rights in America so intensely that Human Rights Watch has listed his rhetoric as a threat to “basic rights protections” — now is an important time to reflect on the strength of the many women, men, and non-binary champions in our society who have managed to navigate (indeed, even overcome) assaults on their sexuality, self-governance, and cultural practices with aplomb. In short: there is a tremendous amount we can learn right now from our country’s communities of witches.